US Plant Patent PP18456

Trured

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Trured’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 7, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18456, the photograph of Trured printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18456, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP18456
Filed: August 7, 2006
Granted: January 22, 2008
Expires: August 7, 2026
Assignee: PLANT DEV SERVICES INC
Inventor: CARROLL RUSSELL HOWELL

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia ( indica×fauriei ) plant named ‘Trured’, characterized by its large, upright, dense and globose growth habit, fast growth rate, large panicles of deep red flowers and its long bloom period.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Trured’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18456 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.